contradictory

英 [ˌkɒntrəˈdɪktəri]

美 [ˌkɑːntrəˈdɪktəri]

adj.  相互矛盾的; 对立的; 不一致的
n.  对立物; 矛盾因素

复数：contradictories　

高考CET6TOEFLGRETEM4TEM8

BNC.7106 / COCA.7435

牛津词典

adj.

• 相互矛盾的；对立的；不一致的
  containing or showing a contradiction
  1. We are faced with two apparently contradictory statements.
     我们面前这两种说法显然是矛盾的。
  2. The advice I received was often contradictory.
     我所得到的建议常常是相互矛盾的。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 互相矛盾的;相互对立的
  If two or more facts, ideas, or statements arecontradictory, they state or imply that opposite things are true.
  1. Customs officials have made a series of contradictory statements about the equipment...
     海关官员们对这种设备作出了一系列互相矛盾的陈述。
  2. The public are capable of holding a number of apparently contradictory attitudes.
     公众可能会持有数种显然互相矛盾的态度。
  3. ...advice that sometimes is contradictory and confusing.
     有时候相互矛盾、颇令人费解的建议

双语例句

• The Judaeo-Christian tradition is diverse, jumbled, contradictory, at every point inviting inquiry and debate.
  犹太-基督教传统呈现多样化，混乱复杂，相互矛盾，在各个方面都会引发质疑和争论。
• The development of rock as an artistic form has been contradictory.
  摇滚乐作为一种艺术形式，它的发展是矛盾的。
• We all get confused about the contradictory messages that life and politics send.
  生活经验与政治口号的矛盾把我们都搞糊涂了。
• Under the socialist system both aspects form a unified whole and are not ought not to be fundamentally contradictory.
  在我们的社会主义制度下，这两者是统一的，从根本上说，它们没有矛盾，也不应该有矛盾。
• The public are capable of holding a number of apparently contradictory attitudes.
  公众可能会持有数种显然互相矛盾的态度。
• Reliability and speediness are contradictory in the digital communication systems which adopt error control in order to solve reliability.
  在数字通信系统中可靠与快速往往是一对矛盾.为了解决可靠性，通信系统都采用了差错控制。
• The answers to this question were various and contradictory.
  对这个问题的回答前后不同，而且自相矛盾。
• Some anthropological hypotheses may appear to be contradictory but actually are not.
  一些人类学的假设看起来可能是矛盾的，但事实上并非如此。
• The attitude of society, government and business towards drink and drugs is contradictory and confusing.
  社会、政府和企业对待酒精和毒品的态度彼此矛盾，而且令人困惑。
• The English language is full of other apparently contradictory tendencies for words relating to ethnicity.
  英语中还充满了其他一些显然具有矛盾倾向的与种族相关的词。